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Earth and moon between Saturn’s rings
Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn obtained this new image April 12. The craft was 870 million miles (1.4 billion km) from Earth.
April 21, 2017
Photos of close asteroid 2014 JO25
Large asteroid 2014 JO25 safely passed Earth on April 19, 2017 at some 1,098,733 miles (1,768,239 km) or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. Images from the EarthSky community here.
April 20, 2017
Lyrid meteor shower has begun
The annual Lyrid meteor shower is active each year from about April 16 to 25.
April 17, 2017
California superbloom from space
Thanks to years of drought followed by above-average rainfall, California is enjoying a fantastic wildflower superbloom in 2017. See before-and-after space images here.
April 13, 2017
Sun pillar over England
A sun pillar, visible earlier this month before and up until dawn, from the Northumberland coast in northeast England.
April 12, 2017
Southern lights over South Pole
Hunter Davis sent these photos from Antarctica this morning of the aurora australis - or southern lights - now appearing over Earth's South Pole.
April 11, 2017
Watch for Venus before dawn
While watching Jupiter and the moon around April 9-11, don't forget Venus! It passed between us and the sun on March 25 and now blazes in the east before dawn.
April 10, 2017
Jupiter and its moons
The 4 largest moons of Jupiter - called the Galilean satellites - are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Recent photos here.
April 9, 2017
Raindrops like tiny suns
After a spring rain .... in this photo by John Entwistle, raindrops sparkle like tiny suns.
April 8, 2017
